This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Construct a sentence in the past progressive tense using "the children / build / a sandcastle" . A) The children were building a sandcastle. B) The children build a sandcastle. C) The children are building a sandcastle. D) The children will build a sandcastle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The children were building a sandcastle. 2. If the main verb ends with-e, what should you do to form the past progressive tense? A) Add-ing directly. B) Remove the-e and add-ing. C) Double the last letter and add-ing. D) Change-e to-ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remove the-e and add-ing. 3. I ..... running to the field yesterday. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 4. Choose the sentence that has an error. A) They was watching a movie. B) We were walking to school. C) She was listening to music. D) I was reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They was watching a movie. 5. My father ..... (not drive) very fast when the accident ..... (happen). A) Didn't drive, happened. B) Wasn't driving, was happening. C) Wasn't driving, happened. D) Didn't drive, was happening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't driving, happened. 6. Create a past progressive sentence using 'swim'. A) I was swimming in the pool. B) I was swimming at the beach. C) I swim in the pool. D) I swam in the lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was swimming in the pool. 7. Choose the correct optionI (see) ..... Adam again in the park this morning. He (walk) ..... his dog. A) Saw/was walking. B) Was seeing/ walked. C) Seeing / were walking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw/was walking. 8. Identify the time expression in the sentence:'While I was walking, it started to rain.' A) During my walk. B) While I was walking. C) While I was running. D) It started to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While I was walking. 9. The children ..... soccer at 4 p.m. yesterday. A) Was playing. B) Are playing. C) Is playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 10. Differentiate:'I was eating dinner' vs 'I ate dinner'. What is the difference? A) The first is a question, while the second is a statement. B) The first indicates an ongoing action, while the second indicates a completed action. C) Both sentences mean the same thing and can be used interchangeably. D) The first indicates a future action, while the second indicates a past action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first indicates an ongoing action, while the second indicates a completed action. 11. I was studying for the test when you ..... A) Call. B) Called. C) Was calling. D) Were calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Called. 12. ..... (noun) people often use these to help fruit and vegetables grow. A) Animals. B) Shells. C) Garbage. D) Chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemicals. 13. I ..... (not / pay) attention during the movie. A) Weren't paying. B) Didn't paying. C) Wasn't paying. D) Not was paying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't paying. 14. What words do we use to connect actions in the Past Progressive and Simple Past tenses? A) Before and After. B) While and When. C) Since and Until. D) If and Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While and When. 15. When the cat ..... (break) the vase yesterday, we ..... (watch) TV. A) Breaked, were watching. B) Broke, are watching. C) Broke, were watching. D) Was breaking, was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broke, were watching. 16. Somebody ..... to shoot the president while he ..... near his car. A) Was trying / stood. B) Tried / stood. C) Tried / was standing. D) Was trying / was standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tried / was standing. 17. A shark ..... (attack) them while they ..... (swim) back to the beach. A) Attacked, swam. B) Attacked, were swimming. C) Was attacking, were swimming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attacked, were swimming. 18. The children ..... in the pool when it started to rain. A) Were starting. B) Were coming. C) Were swimming. D) Were saying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were swimming. 19. Which of the following verbs is not generally used in the progressive form? A) Run. B) Have. C) Eat. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 20. He ..... running along street this morning. A) Am. B) Was. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 21. Convert to past progressive:The children play outside. A) The children was playing outside. B) The children were playing outside. C) The children are playing outside. D) The children played outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children were playing outside. 22. Identify the error in this sentence:'They was watching a movie when the power went out.' A) They are watching a movie when the power went out. B) They were watching a movie when the power went out. C) They is watching a movie when the power went out. D) They were watch a movie when the power went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were watching a movie when the power went out. 23. How do you form the past progressive tense for regular verbs? A) By adding-ed to the base form of the verb. B) By adding-s to the base form of the verb. C) . D) By adding-ing to the base form of the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) . 24. My brother (write) a novel. A) Wrote. B) Writes. C) Are writing. D) Is writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is writing. 25. The past of bring A) Buy. B) Broght. C) Brought. D) Bringed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brought. 26. They ..... pizza yesterday. A) Eated. B) Ate. C) Eat. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 27. Use past progressive in a sentence about a time you were traveling. A) I was traveling through Italy when I lost my wallet. B) I am traveling to Japan next month. C) I traveled to France last summer. D) I will travel to Spain next year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was traveling through Italy when I lost my wallet. 28. What ..... you and your brother doing then? A) Do. B) Did. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 29. I'm buying tickets for everyone. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 30. I ..... a lot during the summer. A) Was swimming. B) Were swimming. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was swimming. 31. Anish helped Maisarah to sweep the floor. A) Simple Past Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Past Tense. 32. Convert the sentence 'She reads a book' to past progressive. A) She was read a book. B) She read a book. C) She was reading a book. D) She is reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was reading a book. 33. Identify the sentence in past progressive tense:A) The sun shines brightly. B) The sun was shining brightly. A) The sun shines brightly. B) The sun has been shining brightly. C) The sun was shining brightly. D) The sun will shine brightly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun was shining brightly. 34. Complete the simple past tense.My uncle ..... her house in 2017. (build) A) Built. B) Was building. C) Builded. D) Builds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Built. 35. If Sarah really was baking a cake, which sentence correctly explains it? A) Sarah made a cake when her mom asked her. B) Sarah is making a cake when her mom asked her. C) Sarah was making a cake when her mom asked her. D) Sarah makes a cake when her mom asked her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah was making a cake when her mom asked her. 36. I ..... teaching English at 7 a.m. this morning. A) Have not. B) Was not. C) Don't. D) Am not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was not. 37. The dogs ..... running in the park when I talked to John. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 38. Create a dialogue using past progressive:What were you doing when the phone rang? A) Person A:What were you doing when the phone rang? Person B:I was reading a book. B) I was cooking dinner. C) I was playing video games. D) I was watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person A:What were you doing when the phone rang? Person B:I was reading a book. 39. Which verb in past progressive tense correctly completes the sentence below?They ..... as biblical figures during our celebration A) Will dress up. B) Is dressing up. C) Was dressing up. D) Were dressing up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were dressing up. 40. We were having a great time at the concert. Formulate this sentence. A) We left the concert early due to bad weather. B) We enjoyed ourselves immensely at the concert. C) The concert was boring and uneventful. D) We had a terrible time at the concert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We enjoyed ourselves immensely at the concert. 41. While my mom ..... (cook), my dad ..... (read) a newspaper. A) Cooks / reads. B) Cooking / reading. C) Cooked / read. D) Was cooking / was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking / was reading. 42. Cooking / she / arrived / was / I / when A) Was She cooking when I arrived. B) She was cooking when I arrived. C) She cooking was when I arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was cooking when I arrived. 43. Differentiate between past progressive and simple past:Why is 'I was sleeping' different from 'I slept'? A) I was sleeping describes an ongoing action, while I slept describes a completed action. B) I was sleeping is a question form. C) I slept is used for habitual actions. D) I was sleeping indicates a future action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was sleeping describes an ongoing action, while I slept describes a completed action. 44. We were eating dinner ..... a monkey jumped onto the table. A) When. B) While. C) At 3pm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 45. Which of the following is a time expression for past progressive:'yesterday', 'while', or 'tomorrow'? A) Today. B) Next month. C) Last week. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While. 46. The baby was drinking a bottle when his parents ..... A) Had been arriving. B) Arrived. C) Arrives. D) Is arriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived. 47. Choose the best answer using a wh word ..... were you crying last night, in the morning or in the night? A) When. B) Where. C) Who. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 48. Write the-ing form of the verb LIVE. A) Live. B) Liveing. C) Lived. D) Living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living. 49. The sun set ..... we were having dinner. A) While. B) When. C) At 5 o'clock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 50. Find a mistake:Mia and Luke was taking photos of the seals at the beach. A) Of. B) Taking. C) The seals. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 51. Question number 5 A) Were swimming. B) Has swimming. C) Is swimming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were swimming. 52. Choose the correct past progressive form for "she / dance" . A) She is dancing. B) She dances. C) She was dancing. D) She will dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was dancing. 53. Linda ..... the house when she received flowers. A) Wasn't clean. B) Isn't cleaning. C) Wasn't cleaning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't cleaning. 54. Question number 1 A) Was calling. B) Is calling. C) Were calling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was calling. 55. ..... the teacher ..... when you entered the classroom? A) Was teaching. B) Were teaching. C) Did teach. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was teaching. 56. Everybody (celebrate) when the name of Hidylyn Diaz was called in the Tokyo Olympics. A) Are celebrating. B) Was celebrating. C) Is celebrating. D) Were celebrating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was celebrating. 57. Thomas ..... (have) dinner when his Mother ..... (arrive) home. A) Is having, arrived. B) Was having, arrived. C) Are having, arriving. D) Having, arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having, arrived. 58. What is the past progressive form of 'I eat'? A) I am eating. B) I was eat. C) I eat. D) I was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was eating. 59. They were traveling to Paris last summer. A) They traveled to Paris last summer. B) They traveled to Paris this summer. C) They were visiting Paris last summer. D) They are traveling to Paris last summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They traveled to Paris last summer. 60. ..... Patty and Carla run through the house while Kevin and Julie were making a cake? A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Progressive Tense Quiz 1Past Progressive Tense Quiz 2Past Progressive Tense Quiz 3Past Progressive Tense Quiz 4Past Progressive Tense Quiz 5Past Progressive Tense Quiz 6Past Progressive Tense Quiz 7Past Progressive Tense Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books